https://www.ta3.sk/conferences/75AI2018/index.php?part=homeAstronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
invites you to a conference on
Observing techniques, instrumentation and science for metre-class telescopes IITatranská Lomnica, Slovakia
September 24 — 28, 2018
Key topics and speakers
Session A: OBSERVING TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR METRE-CLASS TELESCOPES
lucky imaging
fast photometry (Luca Zampieri)
spectrographs for metre-class telescopes
speckle interferometry (Rachael Roettenbacher)
high-precision ground-based photometry (Monika Lendl)
astronomical polarimetry
interferometry with metre-class telescopes
near-infrared observations
robotic telescopes
Session B: SCIENCE WITH SMALL TELESCOPES
eruptive stars: cataclysmic variables, novae, supernovae, symbiotic stars (Keisuke Isogai, Ulisse Munari)
young and active stars (T Tauri, Herbig Ae/Be, BY Dra, RS CVn, Ap etc.) (Markus Mugrauer)
pulsating stars
eclipsing binary stars and circumbinary planets (Ronald Mennickent)
exoplanets (Matthias Mallonn, Carolina von Essen)
solar system (e.g. asteroid properties from photometry, comets) (Rene Duffard, Petr Pravec)
galactic astronomy (Tomaz Zwitter)
space debris Session C: GROUND-BASED SUPPORT OF COSMIC MISSIONS AND TELESCOPE NETWORKS
ground-based support of cosmic missions (Petr Kabáth, Ernst Paunzen, George Zhou)
follow-up observations from big telescopes (Luca Zampieri)
telescope networks, ground-based surveys (Daniel Holdsworth, Ulisse Munari, Juraj Tóth)
Conference deadlines
Following deadlines are just preliminary.
June 01, 2018 — Support request ends (the decision will be anounced till July 15)
August 16, 2018 — Early registration ends
August 16, 2018 — Abstracts submission ends
August 17, 2018 — Regular registration begins
September 24, 2018 — Regular registration ends
September 23 and 24, 2018 — Arrival
Proceedings
The proceedings of the conference will be published by the Astronomical Institute as a special volume of the Contributions of Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso. The manuscripts will be prepared using a LaTeX system. All regular participants will receive a copy of the proceedings.
Authors are expected to submit their manuscript(s) anytime until November 2, 2018.